St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-09
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Nj. Goblet's Preferment, and the
Possible Triumph of Gen. BOu-


Possible Triumph OF Gen. BOu-
langer.
Copyright Cable to the Globe.
LONDON, Dec. S.-The announcement
that NJ. Goblet has agreed to undertake
the construction of government for
France attests the accuracy of the oft
repeated assertion that French states
men and politicians are close corpora
tiOn in respect of the division of, or rO-
tatiOn in office, no matter what their
apparent differences may be. NJ. Cob
let is hims elf comparatively new man
in French politics, yet he has on one
occasion held the Office of premier, and
is firmly established in his place on the
list of eligibles for any cabinet position.
AS often as ministry falls the timber for
a new cabinet is selected from the pile of
possibilities and the rest carefully put
away for the next crisis, together with
that just fallen, which comes out again
as good as new when wanted. Ever
since the establishment of the republic
the same corporation has m0nopOlized
the cabinet-making business, the only
changes in the personnel of the firm
being made by the addition of a new
name from time to time as an old one
disappeared from the roster through
the death of its owner, so that it has
come to be matter-Of-fact thing in the
world to regard this or that gentlemanS
appointment as certain under a par
ticular premiership. NM. DE Freyclnet
and Goblet departed to certain extent
from the established rule the one by
appointing and the other by retaining
Gen. BOulanger as minister of war, and
of course in the estimation of
TIE ENEMIES OF THAT OFFICER
share the responsibility for his innOva-
vations and the political turmoil he ere
ated at the close of his ministerial ca
reer. Gen. BOulanger has the advan-
tage of experience in addition to the
other valuable qualities he possesses,
and M. Goblet could do much worse
than to recall him to the war office,
Whatever may be BOulanger's faults, it
is as plain as the sun at MONDAY that
should France become involved in war
within the next four years she will have
that unquestiOnably brilliant organizer
to thank for any success she may
achieve. Gen. FeTrOn, his successor,
tried in vain to improve upon the work
done by BOulanger, but was unable to
do so. and was reluctantly compelled to
carry out some of the plans the former
minister had formed and complete
much of the work he had left unfinished
on the lines he had LAID down. Gen.
Boulanger was made an issue in the
construction of the Rouvier cabinet and
may become a factor in the formation
of its successor.
THE CABINET.
It is reported that the cabinet will be
composed as follows;
NJ. Goblet. president Of Inc council and
minister Of the interior.
NJ. Ribot, minister of justice.
NJ. Flourens. minister Of foreign affairs
NJ. Ricard, minister of education.
NJ. Loubet, minister of agriculture
M. Menard- Dorian, minister of public
works.
NJ. Clamagcrau, minister of finance.
M. Siegfricd, minister Of commerce.
NJ. Bourgeois, minister of marine.
Gen. Fevrier or Gen. Thomassin, minister
of war.
NJ. GOBLET has BEEN FOiLED
by the refusal of NJ. RibG: 10 remain in
cabinet in which two portfolios are
given to members of the extreme left
NJ. SigiSmond Lacroix and NJ. Menard-
Dorian. A prolonged conference was
held between President Carnot and